Stocks Fall Slightly As Tobacco Has A Bad Day On Thursday, the S&P 500 closed down 0.57%. American Express was up 7.6% and Amazon was up 1.9%, but the consumer staples stocks were slammed as they were down 3.14%. The sector
Audio length: 00:22:18 In this episode of ETF Spotlight, I talked with Eric Ervin, President and CEO at Reality Shares. Earlier this year, Reality Shares launched a blockchain ETF– the Reality Shares Nasdaq NexGen Economy ETF (BLCN – Free Report) .Blockchain is
Take your pick – Good, Bad, or Ugly… Video length: 00:06:16 Good: The Dollar’s best week in over 4 months Silver’s best week in 4 months Bitcoin’s best 2-week gain in 4 months Not Good: 30Y Bond’s worst week in
On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Mark Eibel, director, client investment strategies, and Sophie Antal-Gilbert, consulting director, discussed the rising trend for the price of oil and other commodities. Eibel labeled commodities the forgotten asset class and presented oil
Empire State Index Is Very Disappointing The general business activity reported in the April Empire State Index was ok as it fell from 22.5 to 15.8. This missed expectations for 18.2. This decline signals the manufacturing index is weakening from
Ok, this was a hell of a week in many respects and that shouldn’t exactly come as a surprise because after all: Exactly. Thank you Mr. President. Here’s how things shaped up for U.S. equities which fell hard to close
I was underweighted bank stocks heading into the 2016 presidential election and proceeded to watch as they soared immediately following. I didn’t jump on the bandwagon because although the reasoning was solid (less regulation, higher interest rates) the stocks seemed
It was a bit of a ‘risk off’ day today, as stocks were showing weakness from the open. AAPL was leading equities lower, based on reports of slowing orders from their supply chain. The 10 Year Treasury Yield climbed again